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Rufus Austin Chase 1904 - 2009

Rufus Austin Chase of Columbia, Richland County, SC was born on January 9, 1904, and died at age 105 years old on March 17, 2009.
Rufus Austin Chase
Columbia, Richland County, SC 29210
January 9, 1904
March 17, 2009
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    1904

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    January 9, 1904
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  • 03/17
    2009

    Death

    March 17, 2009
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    Rufus Austin Chase lived 31 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 105.
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In 1904, in the year that Rufus Austin Chase was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1922, Rufus was 18 years old when the Reparations Commission assessed German liability for World War 1 at 132 billion gold marks (over $32 billion U.S. dollars at the time). This led to hyperinflation in Germany and created the political and social atmosphere in which Hitler was able to rise to power.
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